> Tim wrote: >> On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 13:28 -0700, David L. Gehrt wrote: >>> The disk drive were pretty good EXCEPT the spindle bearings were made >>> of >>> some space age material prone to disintegration after a short period >>> of >>> use. I knew DEC was going to be in trouble when the repair guy >>> stated >>> that the problem we had with those bearings was because we were >>> running >>> UNIX not DEC's VMS OS. >> >> I've heard similar bulldust about using Linux being the cause of some >> problem that it couldn't possibly be. It makes you wonder whether these >> people believe their own rubbish, are incompetent, or think that you're >> stupid. >> > Or just want to get out of warranty... there was an article (Slashdot > IIRC) about HP voiding warranty on laptops converted to Linux, even > though they sell similar models with Linux installed. Never checked it > out, don't care, but I assume it's true. They have never given me a problem about it. HP does one thing that is REALLY annoying though. They will flash your laptop back to the base install OS, no matter what you are running. I always keep a spare blank drive for them to screw up when I send it back under warranty. The last time I sent in my laptop they did not tighten down the heat sink properly. It finally failed. I had to remove the heat sink, apply more heat sink grease and rebuild. Works fine now.
